Diethelm appoints partner reps in France and Turkey
Diethelm Travel Group has appointed two companies in France and Turkey to serve as its representatives in the respective markets.
France-based mN'Organisation will be responsible...
Announcement of new Singapore tourism chief imminent
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is expected to announce a new CEO shortly as the current chief, Lionel Yeo, is reaching the end of...
Global tourism’s carbon footprint much bigger than thought
Tourism has been revealed to be responsible for almost a tenth of greenhouse gas emissions, with flights a major component, according to a world-first...
Ascott creates Chinese JV to accelerate expansion through ‘manachising’
Ascott is targeting to triple its Citadines room inventory by 2025 through a joint venture with Chinese hotel operator Huazhu Hotels Group and CJIA...
Swiss-Belhotel Karimun to launch in Riau Islands in 2019
Swiss-Belhotel International is expanding to Karimun, an emerging industrial and tourism region in Indonesia's Riau Islands.
Due to open in 2019, Swiss-Belhotel Karimun, Riau Islands...
Aviation roundup: Ukraine International, Thai AirAsia and more
Here's our weekly roundup of new air routes and updated frequencies.
New Philippine tourism secretary named as Wanda Tulfo Teo resigns
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has appointed agriculture undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat as new tourism secretary, replacing Wanda Tulfo Teo who has resigned amid a tourism...
Indonesia casts lures to attract ASEAN weekend visitors to Jakarta
Following the success of the Batam-Bintan promotion last year, Indonesia is set to offer Jakarta Weekend Hot Deal as part of Visit Wonderful Indonesia's...
Aitken Spence to plant first overseas Heritance in the Maldives
Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotels is set to launch its first Heritance property overseas with the introduction of Heritance Aarah in winter 2018.
This is...
HKTB intensifies courtship of Muslim travellers
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has entered into a one-year partnership with online travel platform Have Halal, Will Travel (HHWT) to produce content...
